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Revision Overall (D)

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Directions: Out of the answer options given below, select the sentences that make coherent sense grammatically as well as thematically.

(A) The mayor continually asserted that one of the crucial strengths of the political system is each individual having the right to determine which way he or she will vote. (B) The concept of hypocrisy applies to morals; a person should be good and not merely seem so, and a bad person is little mended by pretence of goodness. (C) Having done the job, it was natural for Somesh to think of a well deserved rest. (D) I, for one, is the person who could not have been a silent witness.

  1. Only A

  2. Only B

  3. Both A and B

  4. Both B and C

  5. B, C and D


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The gerund 'having' in A should be preceded by the possessive 'individual's'. No error in B.

Directions: The following sentences or parts thereof may have an error of grammar or syntax. Select the sentence(s)/part(s) thereof having the error.

(A) But there are some things that need to pass over, (B) to appreciate the profound skill of the architects. (C) The upper portions are so admirably proportioned (D) as they taper up to a comparatively slight finial with the most perfect gradations.

  1. A and B

  2. B and C

  3. C and D

  4. A and D

  5. A and C


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Things don’t need to pass over. We need to pass over them. So, use passive ‘need to be passed over’. Use ’that’ in place of as, in D.

Directions: The following sentences or parts thereof may have an error of grammar or syntax. Select the sentence(s)/part(s) thereof having the error.

(A) He insisted at contesting the election, though he was sure of his defeat. (B) This is the same incident that I have witnessed yesterday. (C) Prudence requires that we should meet the dangers that threaten us, (D) by turning all our philosophy, science, and art, into practical common sense.

  1. A and B

  2. B and C

  3. C and D

  4. A, B and C

  5. A, B and D


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Needed 'insisted on' in A; 'I witnessed yesterday' in B; and deletion of 'should' in C.

Directions: The following sentences or parts thereof may have an error of grammar or syntax. Select the sentence(s)/part(s) thereof having the error.

(A) The question here is not of autonomy but devolution of power to the grass root level. (B) It is past that unfortunately historians insisted on clinging to. (C) There are a few rules with regard to costuming, which put one a long way. (D) on the road toward elegance and has economic value as well.

  1. A and B

  2. B and C

  3. C and D

  4. A and D

  5. A and C


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Needed ‘but of’ in A; and ‘have economic value’ in D.

Directions: Out of the answer options given below, select the sentences that make coherent sense grammatically as well as thematically.

(A) Often visible as smog, ozone is formed in the atmosphere from hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides, two major pollutants exhaled by automobiles, reacting with sunlight. (B) Visitors to the zoo have often looked up into the canopy and saw monkeys sleeping on the branches, whose arms and legs hang like rocks on a clothes line. (C) That he agrees with you does not signify that his reasons are the same as yours. (D) Although the manager agreed to a more flexible work schedule, he said that it must be posted on the bulletin board so that both management and labor will know what everyone is assigned to do.

  1. A & B

  2. C & D

  3. B & C

  4. A & C


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Statement A has two errors. Ozone is not formed from. It is formed of. Also automobiles do not exhale. Only living beings do. Statement B begins with past indefinite tense, and so “hang” should be replaced by “hung”. Also “whose arms” should better be replaced by “with arms”.

Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

Parents should develop a mental checklist, which might include: the child's whereabouts during free time, whether homework has been completed, behaviour at school, and TV-watching habits.

  1. whether homework has been completed, behaviour at school, and TV-watching habits

  2. whether homework has been completed, behaved at school, and watched TV

  3. whether homework is completed, behaviour at school, and TV-watching habits

  4. completion of homework, behaviour at school, and habits of TV-watching

  5. completion of homework, behaviour at school, and TV-watching habits


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

The original sentence has error of parallelism. 'Whereabouts', 'behaviour' and 'habits' are all noun clauses, 'whether homework has been completed' is a verb clause. This option rectifies the error.

Directions: Out of the answer options given below, select the sentences that make coherent sense grammatically as well as thematically.

(A) Choose only such friends that you can trust. (B) The prevailing custom among farmers of keeping their clocks fast and to which attention was called is attracting good humoured banter. (C) Many a man could accomplish the task and indeed have accomplished it. (D) Everybody has forgotten the prophecies; they usually do so very soon.

  1. Both C & D

  2. Both A & B

  3. Both B & C

  4. None of these

  5. Both A & D


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

A is rendered incorrect by the use of 'that' in place of 'as'. In statement B, 'attracting' should be replaced with 'arousing'. Singular 'has' should follow 'many a man' in C. 'They usually do so' should be replaced with 'people usually forget'.

Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

The proposal to privatize loss making government companies, like the national airline and the postal department, that were put forth by the Indian government were less harsh when compared to other SAARC members, which advocated total privatization

  1. The proposal to privatize loss making government companies, like the national airline and the postal department, that were put forth by the Indian government were less harsh when compared to other SAARC members, which advocated total privatization

  2. The proposal of privatizing of loss making government companies, like the national airline and the postal department, put forth by India was less harsh when compared to the approach of SAARC members advocating total privatization

  3. When compared with proposal for total privatization put forth by other SAARC members, the proposal to privatize loss making government companies, like the national carrier and the postal department, that were put forth by India were less harsh

  4. The proposal by the government of India, to privatize loss making government companies like the national carrier and the postal department, was less harsh when compared to the proposal of total privatization put forth by the other members of SAARC.

  5. India, in comparison to the other members of SAARC, put forth a proposal to privatize loss making government companies like the national carrier and the postal department which were less harsh than those suggested by the other members


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Correct; removes subject-verb error by referring to 'proposal' in singular; the cardinal use of commas to segregate a clause is that the parts of the sentence before and after the clause, when read together (like in the sentence that you are reading), should make perfect sense. Incorrect; it seems as if the national carrier and the postal departments were less harsh in comparison to something

Directions: Out of the answer options given below, select the sentences that make coherent sense grammatically as well as thematically.

(A) Unlike a typical automobile loan, which requires a 15 to 20% down payment, the lease loan buyer is not required to make an initial deposit on the new vehicle. (B) The cameras of the Voyager II spacecraft detected six small, previously unseen moons circling Uranus which doubles to 12 the number of satellites now known as orbiting the planet. (C) He disapproves of your insisting that the rope of pearls was purposely misplaced. (D) Architects and stonemasons, huge palace and temple clusters were built by the Mayans without benefit of the wheel or animal transport.

  1. Only A

  2. Only B

  3. Only C

  4. B & D


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The modified clause in A should modify “lease loan” and not “the lease loan buyer”, since the modifier modifies “automobile loan”. In statement B, “detected” (past indefinite) should be followed by “doubled”. Also “now known to orbit” should replace “known as orbiting”. D also has an error of modifier. “Architects and stonemasons” should be followed, after comma, by “Mayans”.

Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

The introduction of UID is expected to help India assign a unique number to its population and will be able to distribute resources effectively than the present PDS system.

  1. The introduction of UID is expected to help India assign a unique number to its population and will be able to distribute resources effectively than the present PDS system.

  2. The introduction of UID, which is expected to help India assign a unique number to its population, will be able to distribute resources effectively than the present PDS system.

  3. Newly introduced UID, which is expected to help India assign a unique number to each member of its population, will help to distribute resources more effectively than the present PDS system can.

  4. A newly introduced UID, which is expected to help India assign a unique number to each member of population, will be able to effectively distribute resources in comparison to the present PDS system.

  5. The introduction of UID is expected to help India assign a unique number to its population and be able to distribute resources more effectively than the present PDS system can.


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Correct; removes the ambiguity about the subject of the sentence and correctly refers to UID as the subject; makes correct comparison by adding 'can' after 'PDS system'.

Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

The human mind, in its quest to reach the highest peak, and still unexplored vistas, fails to discriminate between right and wrong, and secondly, the mind loses its capacity to foresee the implications of its acts of today.

  1. and secondly, the mind loses its capacity to foresee the implications of its acts of today

  2. and secondly, it loses its capacity to foresee the implications of its acts of today

  3. and the mind loses its capacity to foresee the implications of its acts of today

  4. and loses its capacity to foresee the implications of its acts of today

  5. and it loses its capacity to foresee the implications of its acts of today


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The expression 'secondly, the mind' (there is no 'firstly') in the original sentence is unnecessarily repetitive. This option removes the expression to correct the error.

Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

Open debates would be of immense help to thinkers and scientists of every religion in attempts to formulate point of view on this critical question of morality related to chromosomal manipulations, tissue culture, and in-vitro fertilization to clone human life.

  1. in attempts to formulate point of view on this critical question

  2. in their attempts to formulate point of view on this critical question

  3. in their attempts to formulate their points of view on this critical question

  4. in their attempts to formulate their point of view on this critical question

  5. in attempts to formulate their point of view on this critical question


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Whose attempts and whose points of view? This option makes it clear.

Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

The vaporous byproducts of human activities create gases, like carbon dioxide, which traps vast amount of heat resulting in the increase of earth's temperature, which boosts sea level, shifts seasons.

  1. traps vast amount of heat resulting in the increase of earth's temperature, which boosts sea level, shifts seasons

  2. traps vast amount of heat resulting in the increase of earth's temperature, boosts sea level, shifts seasons

  3. trap vast amount of heat resulting in the increase of earth's temperature, which boost sea level, shift seasons

  4. trap vast amount of heat resulting in the increase of earth's temperature, which boosts sea level, shifts seasons

  5. trap vast amount of heat resulting in the increase of earth's temperature, boost sea level, shift seasons


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The determining subject for the verb 'traps' is plural 'gases'. Carbon dioxide is only taken as an example. But the determining subject for the verbs 'boosts' and 'shifts' is the singular 'temperature'.

Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

A study of this nature calls for data on the monitoring of shopping behaviour of consumers, factors which motivate consumers to shop in large stores, influence of 'non-shopping' factors, the 'after-thoughts' of consumers after the experience and the demographics and psychographics of consumers.

  1. factors which motivate consumers to shop in large stores, influence of 'non-shopping' factors, the 'after-thoughts' of consumers after the experience and the demographics and psychographics of consumers

  2. of factors which motivate consumers to shop in large stores, of influence of 'non-shopping' factors, of the 'after-thoughts' of consumers after the experience, their demographics and psychographics

  3. factors which motivate consumers to shop in large stores, on influence of 'non-shopping' factors, the 'after-thoughts' of consumers after the experience and their demographics and psychographics

  4. factors which motivate them to shop in large stores, influence of 'non-shopping' factors, their 'after-thoughts' after the experience and their demographics and psychographics

  5. factors which motivate consumers to shop in large stores, influence 'non-shopping' factors, the 'after-thoughts' of consumers and their demographics and psychographics


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The things that need to be enumerated need to be clearly identified. The option does that by adding the preposition before each such 'thing'. Also the repetitive mention of 'of consumers' is replaced by possessive pronoun.

Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

The scientist had to place a distance between himself and nature, for the greater the number of scientists in the world, the greater is the amount of sentiments attached to the nature.

  1. The scientist had to place a distance between himself and nature, for the greater the number of scientists in the world, the greater is the amount of sentiments attached to the nature.

  2. The scientist had to distance himself from the nature, for greater the number of scientists in the world, greater is the amount of sentiments attached to the nature.

  3. The scientist had to place a distance between himself and nature, for the greater the number of scientists in the world, greater is the amount of sentiments attached to the nature.

  4. The scientist had to maintain some distance from mother nature, as the greater is the number of scientists in the world, the greater is the amount of sentiments attached to the nature.

  5. As the greater the number of scientists in the world, the greater is the amount of sentiments attached to the nature, scientists had to place a distance between themselves and nature.


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

For a sentence to be parallel, the action and results should be in the same tone. This implies that 'the greater' and 'the number' should be followed by 'the greater' and 'the amount', which is true in case of the given sentence. Hence the given option is correct.

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